In Oriental Lowestoft, J. A. Lloyd Hyde observes that "During the 18th century a vogue for dog models was probably sparked off by samples sent from Europe. Beurdeley links the hound type with 'smooth-coated greyhounds brought to China by the Portuguese from the 16th century onwards'. However, these are not far removed from a common type of bony-ribbed, long-muzzled hound long native to China". For an example, see p. 65, pl. XII (29)